systoly

systoly

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  1. Moral of the story: Never give IM injections?

    systoly replied to hnwbeachbum's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    the supervisor was present, so this would be the first person to answer about the event i doubt anything will trickle down to you, but you need peace, so perhaps you can talk to the

  2. Moral of the story: Never give IM injections?

    systoly replied to hnwbeachbum's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    there is no indication in yuor post that anyone from admin has contacted you about this only, "I was told Friday by a coworker..." For all i know your letting the scutlebutt get the best of

  3. Providing perineal care at my clinical site

    systoly replied to Siaryyy's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    what is the attitude of the CNAs do they seem caring, are they rushed, do the residents get good oral

  4. Patient wants to connect on LinkedIn

    systoly replied to otilika's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    "i would love to have your endorsement, you can sent a letter that speaks about the care you received to abc school of nursing and request that i receive a

  5. home care services

    systoly replied to mineSgold's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    congrats

  6. LPN Job Duties

    systoly replied to Hoping2BeANurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    Carnegie and me, we disagree sure there are places where the lazy person may actually make more than the person with solid work ethics, but i never cared to seek employment at such a place

  7. LPN Job Duties

    systoly replied to Hoping2BeANurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    what do you mean you need your brief changed? you just had peri care yesterday :) just kiddin your questions were very appropriate, but whether you can work at a hospital and what your pay might be...

  8. What To Do About False Notes and Charting

    systoly replied to cook78's topic in Private Duty

    that was my thought exactly, and honestly, i didn't buy it at first, but apparently it does happen i don't even want to know how and

  9. PD is like the armpit of nursing

    systoly replied to ceebeejay's topic in Private Duty

    well said

  10. Possibly new job.

    systoly replied to Nightowl_lpn's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    12 or 8 hour

  11. What To Do About False Notes and Charting

    systoly replied to cook78's topic in Private Duty

    do not involve the family in a tug of war between nurses do not tell the family another nurse made false entries in the chart do tell the family your factual observations if you suspect there is an...

  12. What To Do About False Notes and Charting

    systoly replied to cook78's topic in Private Duty

    oh boy, there is a lot of stuff going on here and frankly, some of it doesn't make any sense to me so i will comment on the issues that seem clear to me any notes left by another nurse are a actually...

  13. home care services

    systoly replied to mineSgold's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    is home care services a particular company or are you asking about private

  14. LPN Job Duties

    systoly replied to Hoping2BeANurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    this is almost ironic look at NOADLS years of experience which is a reference to Revelation 13:18 clearly a non

  15. LPN Job Duties

    systoly replied to Hoping2BeANurse's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    relax guys and read - no ADLs is a clown looking for a circus and no, you don't change diapers in LTC, you change briefs but even if you were to sign up with NOADLS' circus, you'd still have...

  16. Share Your Funniest Patient Stories...

    systoly replied to Trvln Nurse's topic in Nursing Humor

    just this past Sunday in ALF a very proper, 80 some yr old male resident, "I hope supper is as good as lunch" me,"you enjoyed your lunch?" resident,"it was bitchin" it had me in

  17. Did anyone judge you for being a male nurse?

    systoly replied to ddane94's topic in Men in Nursing

    wow, sorry to hear that my experience was the opposite, i hated L&D, did not want to be there, but the floor nurses were very

  18. Marijuana and LPN School - Will this disqualify me from getting a LPN license?

    systoly replied to snowyicestorm's topic in Licensure: Criminal History

    you could become an LPN, but i believe smoking once qualifies you for presidential

  19. Accused of HIPPA

    systoly replied to arodgz's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    if the pt. is competent and no POA, educate pt. et let pt. decide if there's a POA (healthcare), educate POA et let POA decide if the POA says no, you can tell the family member "no per POA" without...

  20. What "bad habits" are LTC nurses known for??

    systoly replied to Nola009's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    slacker

  21. LVN paid education

    systoly replied to slalo2427's topic in LPN, LVN Corner

    there are other ways to get your department head to make some room in the budget besides tuition reimbursement programs if you can show a benefit to the department or the company eg your DON is trying...

  22. Insulin adjustment

    systoly replied to Supercandy131's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    what are the credentials of the entity that provided the teaching

  23. What "bad habits" are LTC nurses known for??

    systoly replied to Nola009's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    speaking negatively about their staff and generalizing unfamiliarity with BON guidelines and nurse practice act especially in reference to iv

  24. Did anyone judge you for being a male nurse?

    systoly replied to ddane94's topic in Men in Nursing

    if they have, i don't know about it maybe it's because of my strikingly handsome appearance, maybe because they think i'm from russia, which i'm not(but i get asked that a lot), maybe because of my...

  25. carbidopa

    systoly replied to BITOHUNNY's topic in Patient Medications

    never seen Carbidopa used by